Autologous blood process at MultiCare Capital Medical Center

3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$290.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$725.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$19.86 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $971.32 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.86 ↓ -93%
Molina Apple Health $20.23 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Apple Health $20.23 ↓ -93%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $20.23 ↓ -93%
WellPoint Apple Health $29.42 ↓ -90%
SCAN MedAdvantage $193.34 ↓ -33%
Aetna MedAdvantage $199.14 ↓ -31%
Regence MedAdvantage $199.14 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $201.07 ↓ -31%
WellCare MedAdvantage $203.01 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $212.67 ↓ -27%
Premera HMO $294.59 ↑ +2%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $325.97 ↑ +12%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $357.68 ↑ +23%
Regence RealValue $400.76 ↑ +38%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $426.62 ↑ +47%
Regence Commercial $445.29 ↑ +54%
Regence MCC/AHN $445.29 ↑ +54%
Regence Blue High Performance $445.29 ↑ +54%
Premera Signature $448.88 ↑ +55%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $448.88 ↑ +55%
Premera Prime $448.88 ↑ +55%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $529.25 ↑ +83%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $555.85 ↑ +92%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $601.75 ↑ +108%
First Health All Commercial Plans $616.25 ↑ +113%
Kaiser PPO $731.21 ↑ +152%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $881.47 ↑ +204%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $911.23 ↑ +214%
First Choice PPO $911.23 ↑ +214%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $971.32 ↑ +235%

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Autologous blood process at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $6.51 – $803.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $482.40 $172.00 – $172.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $380.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $452.90 $151.35 – $351.22
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $277.20 $18.04 – $699.76
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $202.00 $203.25 – $531.60
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $437.99 $273.32 – $893.14
St. Anne Hospital Burien $303.03 $154.43 – $893.14

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